in the last election jay leno said right before the election said -- so, the obama campaign is targeting first-time voters. well, of course he is. the second-time voters have all graduated and can't find a job. we should be the party of the 47%. we should be the party of those climbing the economic ladder. because you know what? the american free enterprise system has been the greatest engine of prosperity and opportunity the world has ever seen. no nation on earth has allowed so many millions to come from all over the world with nothing and achieve anything. i want to close with two final observations. my life, all of your lives, freedom, opportunity, they're not abstract, they're real, personal, and they're part of who we are. in my family, my dad is from cuba. he grew up in cuba as a kid when he was 14 he began fighting in the cuban revolution. he was thrown in prison and tortured by the batista regime, beaten almost to death. today my father a pastor in dallas. to this day, his front teeth are not his own because they were kicked out of his mouth when he was a teenager. my dad fled c